- Title: NEW ZEALAND: Napier in ruins after earthquake
- Date: 3rd February 1931
- Summary: SLATE INFORMATION: The Great Holocaust Feb 3rd 1931. Napier in Ruins NEW ZEALAND: Napier: EXT PANNING shot Hastings street in ruins Wreckage of car and debris of ruined buildings SLATE INFORMATION: Marine Parade as it was and as it is now! Library footage of people strolling down Marine Parade before earthquake struck PANNING shot of ruin and devastation People setting up makeshift camp SLATE INFORMATION: Dr Moore's Hospital resembles the Leaning Tower of Pisa Hospital building leaning at an angle Rubble Debris with chimneys left standing Ruins of Municipal Theatre Power lines with smoke coming out Wreckage of car Group of soldiers marching down street More of devastation including houses with rooms exposed Various of wrecked Empire Hotel SLATE INFORMATION: A wall from this building entombed two ladies. Bluejackets at work extricating their bodies Sailors from HMS Veronica (Bluejackets) searching through rubble Various of sailors searching for bodies Tents in field hospital Beds out in open Nurses outside ward for serious cases Nurses taking break on veranda of improvised operating theatre Car along over damaged road Crack in road surface
- Embargoed: 18th February 1931 12:00
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- Location: New Zealand
- Country: New Zealand
- Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
- Reuters ID: LVA83DMXXGCOFXP5J8LQAO2A5X5O
- Story Text: Scenes following the earthquake that destroyed Napier, New Zealand, on Feb 3rd, 1931.
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